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Dr Joanne Orlando (PhD) is at the forefront of our digital revolution with her ground-breaking research on AI, digital wellbeing, and digital safety. As a SXSW speaker, futurist, expert researcher and consultant she is a visionary who seamlessly blends cutting-edge research with practical insights to revolutionises our relationship with technology.
She holds a PhD in Digital Behaviour and her research reveals that it’s not just the platforms or devices we use, but how we use them, and the strategies deployed that shape our digital experience. By addressing the social, human, and authentic experiences surrounding technology use, especially the emerging wellbeing issues, Jo helps us use AI and existing social platforms more meaningfully.
Jo excels in making complex topics light and engaging. She has written hundreds of articles for media outlets worldwide, and her latest book has gained global attention, further establishing her as a thought leader. Her ability to entertain and engage audiences is unparalleled, drawn from her extensive experience working with leaders in technology, governments, and think tanks. Jo also works as a researcher and expert consultant, providing valuable insights and guidance to organisations, think tanks and government bodies.
Jo has popularised ground-breaking terms like “sharenting” and “zombie scrolling,” which have entered everyday conversation, demonstrating her influence on how we discuss and understand digital behaviours. She has received multiple awards for her work as a researcher and her ability to convert research into accessible courses, keynotes, and workshops. Notably, Jo was recognised by the Telstra Business Woman of the Year for her contributions. Dr. Orlando inspires and empower organisation and individuals to thrive in the digital age by offering deep insights into the incorporation of AI and other technologies. Joanne lives in Sydney, Australia and works globally.
Testimonials
De-mystifying ‘digital transformation’ for educational leaders
Highly relevant session to parents, providing them with achievable and valuable tips to find a family/technology balance.
Sarah Fearne – Western Australia Education Summit
"“It was a huge honour to have Joanne as our opening speaker for the 2019 Western Australia Education Summit. Her powerful and engaging keynote focussed on uses of artificial intelligence in the classroom and revealed implications associated with their use. Exploring the relationship between AI and language, and what that means for education was not only fascinating but very relevant to our audience, and perfectly set the scene for the rest of the day's events. The feedback on the day was incredible and we have had many schools seek further information on Jo's work since the event. (2019)"
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Liz Rankin – Bett Middle East and Africa
Jo was a dynamic and engaging keynote speaker who bought fantastic energy to our conference last month. Jo's presentation topic of De-mystifying 'digital transformation' for educational leaders tackled many of the key challenges being faced by education leadership in the Middle East when it comes to technology adoption and implementation. Jo combined theory and practice to fully engage the delegates and I loved the way that she included accessible tools and tips which could be taken back and applied across many educational settings in the MEA region. Jo was an absolute delight to work with from beginning to end and I hope we can work together again in the future (2019)
Don Anderson – YouTube Asia
Dr. Orlando's insights on children's technology use and family well-being are crucial to driving industry awareness of the need to create healthy relationships with digital media and devices. This is highly meaningful and important work to ensure our industry maintains focus on audience needs and the evolving technology behaviours of children. (2020)
Francesca Conte – Melbourne Girls Grammar
Dr Joanne Orlando's keynote on 'Ethical approaches to supporting young people's technology use' at the Centre for Educational Enterprise's 2019 conference, Learning for Tomorrow: The Digital Imperative, was incredibly insightful. With recent bans on mobile phones across Australian schools, Joanne's talk reminded us to take a balanced approach, educate and communicate with our kids instead of buying spyware or banning technology. Empowering our young people will develop skills they will need for the future. Bans will only do this generation of digital natives a disservice. Joanne delivered an engaging presentation, and highly recommend Joanne's expertise to parents and educators.
Sue Cicolini – Ipswich Library
At Ipswich Libraries' “Parenting Digital Children” program recently, Dr Joanne Orlando presented a practical, informative and highly relevant session to parents, providing them with achievable and valuable tips to find a family/technology balance. Her knowledge in this area is amazing and feedback received highlighted how relevant the presentation was to attendees' own situations. Joanne was excellent to work with and made planning the event a smooth and easy process. She was friendly and professional and shared her knowledge to our community members in a warm, relaxed manner. A great speaker.
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